BCHS Families,

It seems surreal that in just a few days we will be celebrating the end of the 23-24 school year and our incredible Class of 2024 at the commencement ceremony. Our 20th year has been amazing with so may accolades, celebrations, and growth that is truly a year to "Be All You Can Be, BC!" We started this year welcoming our Jaguars back with decorations made by staff members encouraging all the things that they could become by showing incredible Jaguar PRIDE-- being Prepared, having Respect, having Integrity, being Disciplined, and ensuring Everyone is United! Our Jaguars absolutely took this and ran with it becoming an A-rated, A+ School of Excellence, State Champions, Regional Champions, Sectional Champions, a National Champion, a National Merit Scholar, Award-Decorated Community Contributors, Innovators, and Creators. Each of our Jaguars has learned, grown, and made their mark this year at BCHS. I couldn't be more proud!

As we wind down the 23-24 school year, its important to finish strong, focused, and to continue showing incredible Jaguar PRIDE! Thank you for being a part of the BCHS family! We are grateful for you!

Have an incredible day, and make a positive difference, Jags!

Mrs. Sutton

Principal

We are so proud of our Class of 2024 and all of the incredible experiences, leadership, and heart they brought to BCHS over the last four years! Today they celebrated their last day on campus and finished strong! Our Parent Association met them as they left with donuts and smiles. It was a beautiful exit for incredible young adults!

We can't wait to see our seniors walk across the State Farm Stadium Stage on May 17th at 2:30!

At BCHS we use "Be Classy" cards to recognize students for demonstrating positive BC PRIDE behaviors on campus: being prepared, being respectful, having integrity, being disciplined, and ensuring everyone is united!

When a staff member sees a student following the monthly goal OR a student who is going above and beyond, the staff member can give the student a "Be Classy" card to recognize their positive behavior. Students then fill it out and put it in the box in the student lobby by Ms. Susie's desk.

Each month, we draw 10 winners.

May GOAL: BCHS Students will get to class on time and reduce the amount of tardies for the month of May.

May Winners:

Hayli Casto

Leilani Simson-McCluskey

Emma Williams

Maddie Carter

Anna Holmes

Olivia Lolempio

Stephanie Ramirez-Garcia

Gracie Bradford

Jaslynn Mathews

Maddie Hoelzer

To encourage on time attendance first period, Mrs. Woods, Dean of Attendance, has challenged our Jaguars to being smart about not being tardy-- lovingly called the "Smarty Tardy Party" Challenge. Jaguars attendance was monitored from May 1 through May 10, and we had 10 first periods tie for the winning spot! Zero students were tardy in these first hour classes:

Mr. Burrola

Mr. Jordan

Mr. Nickelsen

Ms. Zhao

Mr. Leblanc

Mr. Bannoura

Coach Loscalzo

Ms. McKernan & Ms. Burch

Ms. Mitchell

Mr. Baxley

Students and teachers in the winning classrooms received a treat to reward being on time!

Congratulations!

Prom 2024 was a night to remember at Heritage at Sportsman Park. It was a beautifully, cool spring evening where the Jaguars came out dressed to the nines for a Great Gatsby-inspired evening with dancing, lawn games, space to hang out with friends, pictures, royalty voting, food, and fun! Thank you to our Student Government on coordinating a beautiful night for BC!

Congratulations to our Mr. BC contestants and student government on putting together an amazing show Friday night! And on top of that, our Mr. BC contestants raised over $15,000 for Mother’s Grace charity! This is the most money raised through Mr. BC I have ever seen! And our newly crowned winners were Dax Monsetime as Mr. Generosity, Caleb Hespe as Mr. Congeniality, Gavin Kuhl as Mr. Talented, PK Hoppe as Mr. Pop Culture & Audience Choice, Riley Villanueva as Mr. Interview, and our 2024 Mr. BC was Caleb Hespe! The night was so much fun! Congratulations!

And a huge thank you goes to our student government for coordinating Mr. BC and then coming back early Saturday morning to decorate the hallways for our spirit week! This week we celebrate our seniors and show our Jaguar spirit before our assembly on Friday and our Prom on Saturday Night! Thank you, Stugo, and your sponsor Mrs. Ferrer for making it all possible!

BC Stugo led the campus in an incredible Spring Assembly celebrating our Class of 2024! Students played games, heard about spring sports, got to see our junior and seniors nominated for royalty, and watched performances by Mr. BC, dance, and spiritline. And our senior class won the spirit stick for the last time! It was a day of fun for all!

On April 5th, BCHS had a whole school assembly where the Arizona Education Foundation presented us with our A+ School of Excellence banner for our award! The whole school assembly took place on a very windy day on the football field, but was filled with positive speeches and recognition highlighting the accomplishments of our students, staff, and community. Our band played, drumline and spiritline entertained the crowd, and Student Government led the way through speaking and teaching our student body how to play in our first-ever Rock, Paper, Scissors Challenge. As students left the stadium field, the got an ice cream treat and went to their classrooms to get their beads. Throughout the day, students could challenge each other and staff to games of rock, paper, scissors. Students from each grade level that ended up with the most beads through winning the games were awarded prizes such as a free prom ticket, a free parking pass, a free athletic pass for 24-25, or gift cards. It was such a happy day with laughter, culture-building, and celebration! It was a GREAT day to be a Jaguar!

Girls Tennis:

Japneet Kaur - 1st place State Title for individual

Michelle Bullock - 2nd place State Title for individual

Team made it to 2nd round of playoffs and won the Millennium Tournament

Japneet was awarded Sectional player of the year for Individuals and division player of the year!

Japneet and Michelle were awarded Sectional player of the year for doubles

Coach Darcy Wine was awarded Sectional Coach of the Year & Division Coach of the year!

Mens Tennis:

Brandon Bullock made it to the second round of Individuals State Tournament.

Beach Volleyball:

Made it to the first round of Playoffs for the first time in over 3 years!

Mens Volleyball:

Made it Playoffs this year and fell short to Hamilton.

1st Team All Region: Xian Gonzalez, Setter.

2nd Team All Region: Graham Geyer, Hitter/Middle Blocker. Cruz Kaikala, Hitter/Middle Blocker.

Honorable Mention: Colton Francom, Austin Haagen

Softball:

1st Team: Avery Gurr, Pitcher

2nd Team: Kinsey Wilcox, Pitcher. Kiarah Delgado, Catcher. McKayla Chapman, Position Player. Brooke Walton, Position Player.

Honorable Mention: Lauren Grunert, Julie Hieb, Mikayla McCoy, Miranda McCoy

Baseball:

2nd Team: Will Salihar - Position Player

Honorable Mention: Lucas Andrews, Cade Faust

Track:

School Records:

Boys 100m - Logan Storjohann 11:11

Boys 4x100m relay -

Girls 4 by 800 meter relay: Addi Stroot, Averi Shuey, Ryah Zakula, Sage Sollars 9:49.86

District Champions

Girls 1600 meters - Ryah Zakula

Boys 100 meters - Logan Storjohann

Boys 3200 meters - Greyson Han

Northeast Valley Champion

Girls 800m - Sage Sollars

7 individuals and 3 relays qualified for the State Championships

Congratulations to 6A State Individual Tennis Title Holder Japneet Kaur and 6A State individual Tennis Runner Up Michelle Bullock!

Congratulations to our Girl's Tennis Coach, Ms. Darcy Wine, for being named the DVUSD Coach of the Month for May! Coach Darcy has worked hard this year to build a positive culture and excellence on her team leading her team into the playoffs and resulting in a State Champion and State Runner Up Singles Tennis! Congratulations!

Congratulations to JALAC for hosting the first district Student Athletic Leadership Conference last week. On that day, all five district high schools learned about athletic leadership from guest speakers and presenters. BCHS JALAC were excellent hosts and set the bar high for future SALT events! Congratulations!

Keynote Speaker: Anthony Robles

Breakout classes: Social Media, NCAA Recruitment, Mental Mindset, JALAC team building

Our JALAC President Addison Han and next years JALAC President, Averi Shuey presenting at the annual A.I.A. Athletic Directors Summit! Addison answered questions on a panel in front of over 200 Athletic Directors around the state as well as her and Avery ran a breakout session!

Awesome Leadership!

Congratulations to Addison Han for being named a finalist for the AIA Scholar Athlete/ Scholar Activity Award! Addison will be honored at the upcoming AIA Champions Gala on Sunday, May 19th! Congratulations, Addison! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to JALAC for winning the 6A Conference Champion for the AIA SLAC School Spirit Video! What an incredible achievement! Congratulations students and to their advisor Mrs. Ledin. And congratulations BC for being incredible and showing your Jaguar PRIDE that is featured in this video!

Special Thank you to Ms. Johnstone and Advanced Media Productions for all the filming & editing to ensure JALAC vision came to life!

Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/4O585Dawkus?si=l9unIRlY_YLbGgZ8

Get your Physical done this Saturday for the next school year!

BCHS Physical day coming Saturday, May 11th 8am-12pm - for all high school and middle school students! $30! We accept card, cash and check. No sign up needed, walk ins only!

If you attend a DVUSD middle school, 50% of the proceeds will go back to your middle school athletics!

We are using GOFAN for all home events!

Types of ticketing available

1. Single game tickets on GOFAN - https://gofan.co/app/school/AZ12766

2. Boulder Creek Student pass, online or in the bookstore for $30. Please add the athletic pass symbol to your students I.D. by having it re-printed at the Bookstore, prior to an event.

3. Family pass punch cards, $60 at the bookstore only. 20 punches per card, can use 1 or 20 punches at each event.

4. There are NO backpacks or water bottles allowed into any BCHS event. please plan accordingly.

Insta - @BCAthleticsjags

Facebook -@ Boulder Creek Athletics

JALAC Insta - @BCHSJALAC

Congratulations to our BC Engineering on taking first place in Arizona at the Skills USA competition this past weekend! The winning team consisted of, Destry Cook, Isaac Wildhelm, and Elizabeth Schooley. These three will be representing Boulder Creek in the Skills USA National Engineering Design Competition in Atlanta Georgia this summer. Congratulations students and to our engineering teachers Mr. Baxley and Mr. Jordan!

After competing at the United States Academic Decathlon National Competition in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, our Varsity competitor Nicholas Solla won:

• A Gold medal in Music
• Gold in Science
• Gold in Social Science
• Gold in Literature
• Silver in Economics
• Bronze in Art
• Bronze in Essay!

Congratulations Nicholas, we are so proud of you!

Congratulations to the BCHS Band on a wonderful spring performance last week! The Jaguars took the stage and played two nights of phenomenal shows! Congratulations to the band students and to your director, Mr. Burrola.

Congratulations to all our Amazing Jaguar Artists who were selected to show their works in our 2024 Boulder Creek Art Show. Congrats to the top winners:

Best In Show: Julie DeReese

Most Outstanding Senior: Emily Thompson

2D Principle Purchase Award: Aurora Einwiller

3D Principle Purchase Award: Julie DeReese

First Place Winners:

Kinsey Walker, Emily Martin, Milani Rideaux, Jace Peralta, Felicity Rupp, Aurora Einwiller

Jillian Kohene, Hagen Harris, Haily Perrigo, Mariah Murphy, and Sophi Dumpit.

Please check out the Art Show this week before or after school in the Admin Lobby, to see all the Award Winners and amazing art before it ends this Friday. Congratulations to all of our art students and their teachers, Mr. Harrington, Ms. Logan, and Mr. Lohmeier.

Congratulations to BC Dance on a beautiful spring dance concert! The Jags put on an incredible show showcasing their talents in BC Goes Platnum! Congratulations, Jags, and to your director, Mrs. Shane!

Congratulations to BC Choirs on an incredible 2024 Pops Concert. The Jaguars performed incredible groups and solo pieces highlighting the growth of students in the choir program. Congratulations to our choir students and to their director, Mr. Douglas!

Congratulations to our newest National Honor Society inductees, who were inducted into the BCHS chapter on April 17th! The 58 students showed incredible academic achievement and service-mindedness to be accepted into the prestigious organization. Congratulations. We are so proud of you!

The BCHS spring musical was outstanding from the staging to the voices and the incredible plant puppets! It was so much fun! Congratulations to the cast and crew and to musical director, Mr. Douglas, and director, Dr. Schwarz!

Our Early Childhood Education and Education Professions students competed this past weekend at the FFCLA State Competition. Hector Magana, Kennedy Morganegg, Mya McLeod, Grace Becker, Ashton Yates & Eveleen Aburan earned silver awards. And Simon Mutuku earned a bronze award. And we had four Jags come home with 1st place GOLD awards: Congratulations to Julia Chabroski who took 1st place for Art of Storytelling. Eden Anderson who took 1st place in Toys that Teach! Neleah Estrada who took 1st place in Career & Exploration! Sadie Caldwell won first place for Teach or Train and will be advancing to Nationals in Seattle! And a huge congratulations goes to Ms. Manley-Medic who was named New Adviser of the Year! Congratulations students and to your teachers Ms. Manley-Medic and Mr. Erickson! Congratulations!

Congratulations to the BCHS TED-Ed Club on their incredible TED talks! Brissa Haggard, Aryana Howard, Samuel Eby, Varara Dorri, Madelyn Guzman, Julia Lane, Hannah Logan, Talia Pollock, Aiden Thatcher, Sarah Davidov, Maya Shenhav, Colter Dent, and Faith Pursley shared phenomenal speeches about relevant, dynamic, and passion-filled topics. Congratulations Ted-Ed on a fantastic night and a big thank you goes to their sponsor, Mr. Donovan.

Ms. Law's ELA 7-8 students read The Things They Carried and got to experience first hand how heavy the load is of a soldier. Mrs. Law asked our Army Recruiters to come in an help students understand context for the novel. The day of learning was truly memorable and meaningful!

We have some fantastic news regarding our Jags recent achievements in 2024 National Chinese Speech Contest. Our BCHS students have retained the National championship title! Their hard work, dedication, and unwavering commitment to excellence have truly paid off. Cassandra Palmer won the championship this year, and also she was invited to visit China this summer by Beijing Normal University. Natalia Salazar won the Honorable Mention Prize in the contest.

The National Chinese Speech Contest is the highest national level competition in Mandarin education. Congratulations to Cassandra and Natalia, and to their teacher, Ms. Zhao!

Four BCHS Certificate of Academic Distinction candidates presented their comprehensive research and product during our annual BCHS CAD presentations in April. Cyra Khour De Paz, Faith Pursley, Maya Shenhav, and Sarah Davidov did an incredible job with their presentations that ranged from challenges with health care to creating equity in STEM careers for genders. The students' ingenuity, dedication, and innovation is to be commended! Congratulations!

Congratulations to all of our students who demonstrated exceptional dedication and hard work to earn their Seal of Arts proficiency in 2024. In Dance, Riley Burnett, Riley Burris, Carys Gloeckler, Addison Han, Hannah Paul, and Cayle Zic showcased their passion and commitment. In Choir, Brian Andersen, Julia Lane, Lea Caraway, and Brandon Thompson's efforts were truly commendable. This designation, placed on the student’s diploma, signifies learning above and beyond the standard in arts education. We are immensely proud of our students and extend our congratulations to your teachers, Mr. Douglas and Mrs. Shane, for their guidance and support!

Our yearbook students and teacher, Ms. Phillips, had their yearbook distribution in May. The 2024 Edition is beautiful and captures all of the amazing things at BC in the 23-24 school year! Congratulations, Yearbook!

We honored our Certificate of Academic Distinction, Global Studies, and STEM students who went above and beyond to learn, innovate, and make an impact in their local and global community on May 8th at our annual Dinner of Excellence. It was a beautiful night where staff and families came together to celebrate these incredible Jaguars! Congratulations!

We are excited to announce our Fine Arts Students of the Year for their achievements and dedication to the arts. They have earned this award for their passion for the arts, and we recognize them for their creativity, skill, and artistic vision, which have left a lasting impression on both their peers and teachers alike.

Congratulations, and we are so proud of your accomplishments!

Performing arts – Brandon Thompson

Visual arts – Emily Thompson

The DVUSD Teacher Prep Program graduated their first cohort of certified teachers on May 7th! BCHS special education teacher, Mrs. Hullinger, was a member of this cohort to complete her certification while she worked in the classroom. Mrs. Hullinger's incredible work ethic and dedication to our students was exhibited during her two years of learning and growing through the program. We are so incredibly grateful to have her on our campus and celebrate her achievements! The DVUSD Teacher Prep Program (TPP) is growing and is a great opportunity for people looking to become educators. Check out https://www.dvusd.org/domain/13455 for more information on the program!

Our April staff meeting happened to be on our spring spirit day: Country versus Country Club. BC Staff, dressed in both fashions, teamed up to determine supports to connect with students early regarding Tier 1 Behavioral Needs in a preventative manner. Staff worked to identify needs and created action steps to support. Great minds are in action to support the needs of our Jags!

We are so grateful for our Parent Association. In May, our Parent Association treated the staff to a week's worth of meals and treats for Teacher & Staff Appreciation week! We also want to thank our parents for their support with making copies, helping with programs, activities, and athletics. Supporting kids is truly a partnership between the school and our incredible parents. Thank you so much, BCHS PA!

Our Parent Association is always looking for membership to do amazing things for our students and staff! Please reach out to Beverly Jones about supporting BCHS through our Parent Association! bcjagparents@gmail.com

BC Staff took to the pavement and the track to run in the 2nd annual DVUSD 5k showing their Jaguar PRIDE! Mr. Morales ended up winning GOLD for a first place win in his age group! Go Jags!

We are super excited for our interior face lift. BCHS will be getting a make over with accents of red, black, and gray! We are so excited for our fresh look for the fresh start of the 24-25 school year.

BC Jaguar PRIDE means that our Jaguars are Prepared, Respectful, have Integrity, are Disciplined, and show that Everyone is united! To ensure a safe, focused, and positive learning environment, we PRIDE expectations with students on Thursday in second period.

• This includes our expectation that students keep their cellphones on silent mode in their backpack so students can properly engage in learning.
• Students should be prepared with a fully charged iPad each day and any other items required for class to help with their success.
• It is also critical that students are in class and on time to be present for learning which is critical for their success.
• We also expect our students to be respectful of classrooms, school and personal property each and every day.

Please review our BCHS PRIDE expectations in our Student/Parent Handbook . Taking time to show Jaguar PRIDE is important as we work toward our mission of providing “a safe learning environment with rigorous academic opportunities for all students to graduate as productive, responsible, and contributing citizens!”

Congratulations to our employees of the month!

Certified Employee of the Month:

March: Brian Daly, Academic Interventionist

April: Jason Lohmeier, Art Teacher and Fine Arts Department Coordinator

Classified Employee of the Month:

March: Brennan Benincosa, Maintenance Night Lead

April: Rachel Benincosa, OCR Clerk

Thank you for making BCHS AMAZING! #JagPride

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